The Belarusian Andrei Arlovski, which faces Fedor Emelianenko, on Affliction 2, January 24th, plans to leave MMA for a while and fight in the boxing ring.
The information comes from the fighter's own trainer, the renowned Freddie Roach, in an interview with the website FightHype.com, Roach stated that Arlovski will sign with Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotion and that the Belarusian will soon debut in the sport.
“After Andrei faces Fedor on the 24th, I will put him directly”, says the coach, who already has an opponent in mind. “It will be against the champion Nikolai Valuev It would be Belarus x Russia and that would generate a large PPV sale, as Andrei has a large number of fans and is very well liked. He will box but he will not leave MMA, but the next fight after Fedor will be a boxing match”, he added
Nikolai Valuev is the current heavyweight champion of the World Boxing Association, where he recently defeated veteran Evander Holyfield, by judges' decision, on December 20th.
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